Holding device for ironing-board covers



, Nov. 26, 1929. J. H. DAYTON 1,737,300

. HOLDING DEVCE FOR IRONING BOARD COVERS v Filed March 24. 1928 A TTORNE Y.

Patented Nev. 26, 1929 sra EFF@

HOLDING iinvien ron morirme-BOARD oovnns Application filed March 2.4, 1928. Serial No. 264,555.

My invention relates yto and has for -a purpose the .provision Voi' an extremely simple, substantial and inexpensive holding device particularly adapted, 4although :not necessari- 5 ly, for use fon ironing boards, and by which a cloth'orother ermoi covering tor an ironing b'oardcan be securely-held thereon against displacement and in a taut condition so that the covering 'will present asmoothsurface for lo ironing operations.

'It isa further purpose of my invention to provide a holding dev-ice vof the above vdescribedfcharacter including members engagefable With the ironing board covering ion the side 'edges of :thel boat-rd and yconnected 'in a manner to lirmly clamp the covering on the board, the device being adjustable to hold coverings on boardsof various Widths "and on boards having parallel sides or relatively inclined sides with :equal facili-ty and eiectiveness. 1

I Will describe only one form of holding `device for vironing -board covers'embodying my .invention and 'will then point out the novel .features in claims.

In the accompanying draw-ing,

Fig. il isa view showing in Sbottom plan an :ironing board with 4a number of the holding devices embodied in my invention applied 3o thereto to fhold the covering thereon;

Fig. 2 lis an enlarged sectional vievv taken [on the line v2---Zei Fig. 1 and looking in the ydirection of the arrows;

. ig. -3 is a perspective view of `the holding device;

zdevice is adj ustable'to Aholdcoverings on irening boards of dierent Widths; and

Figs.` 7 and r8 are fragmentary vievvs illustra-ti-ng'the manner in which the device is adustable to "effectively hold coverings on ironing boards having relatively inclined sides.

Referring specifically to the vdravving in which similar reference characters designate similar parts in veach of the several views, my invention in its present embodimentl coinp'rises `a pair of members M and M ot identical construction, .and in the present instance '50 each'o'ffthe members isconstructedofa single v hooks 17, and in the use ot the device the exgripping portions of the members.

-bight-s 12 and 12a of the members fas shown Figs. 4, 5, and 6 are fragmentary `views- .ill-ustrating 'the :manner in which "the holding' length of sti- Wire bent 'between its ends into the form of a V to provide a pair of arms 10 and 11 and a connecting bight 12.

The free ends of the arms are bent laterally to one and the saineside `oi ythe arms to provide extensions 13 -having inclined portions 111 andv right angularly disposed portions 15. The extremities of the extensions 13 are bent and pointed as at 16 to provide tensions 13 constitute cover engaging and One of the arms 10 is 'coiled upon itseli" intermediate its ends to provide an eye 18.disposed iiativise between and substantially in the plane of the arms. Y

The members M and M are resi-'liently connected by means of a coiled expansible Y springl S having its 'ends .bent to provide closed loops: 19 through Which the Wire of 70 Which the .members are 4constructed Acan pass freely. By shifting Vthe position of the spring S on the members M and M to rengage the loops 19 of the spring With-.the

lin Fig. 6, or with the eyes 18 and 18aM of the members as sh'ovvn in F ig. 41, orwith the eye oi' one member kandthe bight of the other member as shovvn in Fig. 5, it Wil-l be clear that the device is rendered adjustable to vary its overall length so that it can be applied yto ironing boards of-different Widths.

A number 'otdevic'es as above described are employed at intervals along the length of an ironing board B lto hold the usual cloth or othersuitable covering C thereon as is shown in Fig. 1. In applying one of the devices, the covering C is lirst placed upon the board and its `sides lappedover-.the side edges of the board. rlhe extensions of one of the members M or M are novv hooked over one side edge ofthe lboard and the springs adjusted `on the' members so that When the extensions 13 of the other member are hooked over the other side edge of the board, the spring Will 1 be placed under tension and Will thus urge the members towards each vother to cause the hooks 17 .of the extensions 13 to bite into the covering C and thereby securely clamp the covering against displacement on the board. l

shift laterally and around the eyes, and the members DI and M- to rock freely about the points of engagementof their eyes 18 and 18a, with the spring, so that the tension of the spring will be exerted equally upon all of the hooks 17 and 17a, thus insuring that allA the hooks will be equally effective in their holding action. This self-equalizing function is also present to a lesserl degree when the ends of the spring are engaging the bights 12 and 12 of the members as the spring ends are free to shift laterally in the bights and the members to rock freely about the points of engagement of their bights with the spring. Y

Although I have herein shown and described only one form of holding device for ironing board covers embodying my invention, it is to be understood that various changes and modifications may be made therein without departing from the spirit of the invention and the spirit and scope of the appended claims.

I claim:

1. As an article of manufacture, a pair of members, each comprising a pair of arms connected at one of their ends. to form a bight and spaced` apart at their other ends, extensions projecting laterally from the other ends `of the arms and having vhooked portions, an

shifted to connect the bights of the members,

or the eyes of the members, or the bight of one member withthe eye of the other member.

2. As an article of manufacture, a pair of members, each comprising a pair of arms connected at one of theirV ends to form a bight and diverging towards their other ends to form a V, extensions projecting laterally from the other ends and to oneand the same side of the arms, the extensions having hooked extremities, an eye intermediate the ends of the arms and disposed substantially flatwise and between the arms, and a coiled expansible spring connected at its ends to the members and shiftable to engage its ends with the bights formed at the juncture of the arms of the members, or the eyes of the members, or the bight of'one member and the eye of the other member. v

3. As an article ofmanufacture, a pair of members `each of which is constructed from a single length of wire bent between its ends into the form of a V to provide a pair of arms and a connecting bight, the free ends of the arms being bent laterally to one and the same side thereof to form substantially right angular extensions having their extremities bent to form hooks, one of the arms being curled upon itself intermediate its ends to provide an eye between and substantially in the plane of the arms, and a coiled expansible spring connected at its ends to the members and shiftable to engage vitsends with the bights of the members, or the-eyes of the members,

or the bight of one member and the eye of the other member.

4. In a holding device of the character described, a member comprising a pair of arms connected at one of their ends to form a bight and spaced apart at their other ends, lateral extensions on said other ends of the arms, and an eye intermediate the ends of the arms. n

5. In a holding device of the character described, a member comprising a pair ofV arms connected at one of their ends to form a bright and diverging towards their other ends, lateral extensions on said other ends of the arms projecting from one and the same side of the latter, the extremities of said extensions having hooks, and an eye intermediate the en'ds of the arms and disposed between and substantially in the plane of the arms.

6. In a holding device, a member `constructed from a single lengthof wire to'provide a pair of arms connected at one of their ends to form a bight and diverging towards their other ends, said other ends-of the arms being bent laterally to one an'd the same side of the arms to form extensions, the extremities of which are bent to provide hooks, and one of said arms being bent upon itself intermediate its ends to form an eye disposed between the arms.

7 In a holding device, la member constructed from a single length of wire bent between its ends into the form' of la V, to provide a pair of arms the free ends of which are bent laterally to one and the same side thereof to formv extensions yhaving the extremities thereof bent to form hooks, one vof the arms being curled upon itself intermediate itsl ends matically relativeto the'members to Ycause the urging action of the resilient means2 to be exerted equally on allv saidportionsregardless of whether the sides of the board are parallel or relatively inclined, lWherelojy all said portions Will be equally e'eetive in their holding action.

Signed at Los Angeles, in the punty of Los Angeles and State of California this 13th day of March, A. D. 1928.

JOSEPH H. DAYTON. 

